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Today in World War II History—March 13, 1943

Monday, March 13, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
US poster featuring Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Fear,” 1943

US poster featuring Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Fear,” 1943

80 Years Ago—Mar. 13, 1943: Time-bomb in Hitler’s plane fails to explode, on flight from Smolensk to Rastenburg, planted by Maj.-Gen. Henning von Tresckow and Lt. Fabian von Schlabrendorff.

New song in Top Ten: “Taking a Chance on Love.”

Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Fear” appears on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

American banking executive J.P. Morgan Jr. dies, age 75.

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